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Touring Talkies (2013)
Directed by Gajendra Ahire
Genres Drama
Themes Films about films
Actors Subodh Bhave, Trupti Bhoir, Milind Shinde, Kishor Kadam, Neha Pendse, Vaibhav Mangle
The movie is based on the concept of roaming cinema which was one of the oldest traditions in the bygone era of Indian cinema where the movies were showcased in tents for the local folks also known as Touring talkies. For the past few decades these films have made a common recurring occurrences in most of the Carnival Fun fair taking place across villages where the Marathi Cinema is adored in a completely distinctive fashion
Birth of the Living Dead (2013)
, 1h16Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films set in the future, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Documentary films about films, Disaster films
Actors George A. Romero, Gale Anne Hurd, Larry Fessenden
Rob Kuhns interviews a range of authors, critics, and filmmakers about the impact, legacy, and enduring popularity of Night of the Living Dead. Romero describes the film's background, production, and distribution, including how it accidentally fell into the public domain. Fessenden describes Night of the Living Dead 's aspects of postmodernist film, including an early commentary on horror films inside of a horror film – Johnny's taunting of his sister, Barbra, in the opening graveyard scene. Hurd cites the film as an influence on her own work as executive producer of The Walking Dead. Mitchell, among other things, describes how the film presents a strong Black male as the protagonist of a film without resorting to racial commentary. The final scene, in which Duane Jones' character, Ben, is killed by a posse is compared to historical footage of 1960s lynch mobs and police brutality, and scenes of violent zombie attacks are compared to footage from Vietnam broadcast on television.
A Story of Children and Film (2013)
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Films about children, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
21 Jump Street (2012)
, 1h49Directed by Chris Miller, Chris Miller, Phil Lord
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about education, Buddy films
Actors Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Ice Cube
In 2005, bookish student Morton Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and popular underachieving jock Greg Jenko (Channing Tatum) miss their school prom. Seven years later, the two meet again at the Police Academy and become firm friends and partners on bicycle patrol. They catch a break when they arrest Domingo (DeRay Davis), the leader of a one-percenter motorcycle gang, but are forced to release him after they failed to read him his Miranda rights.
Argo (2012)
, 2hDirected by Ben Affleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Spy films, Films about journalists, Political films
Actors Bryan Cranston, Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Michael Cassidy
On November 4, 1979, Iranian activists storm the United States embassy in Tehran in retaliation for President Jimmy Carter giving the Shah asylum in the U.S. during the Iranian Revolution. More than 50 of the embassy staff are taken as hostages, but six avoid capture and hide in the home of Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor. With the escapees' situation kept secret, the U.S. State Department begins to explore options for exfiltrating them from Iran. Tony Mendez, a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency exfiltration specialist, is brought in for consultation. He criticizes the proposals, but is at a loss when asked for an alternative. While on the phone with his son, he is inspired by watching Battle for the Planet of the Apes and begins plans for creating a cover story for the escapees: that they are Canadian filmmakers who happened to be in Iran scouting exotic locations for a similar science-fiction film.
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
, 1h32Directed by Peter Strickland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about films
Actors Toby Jones, Cosimo Massimo Fusco, Tónia Sotiropoúlou, Suzy Kendall, Chiara D'Anna, Eugenia Caruso
British sound engineer Gilderoy (Toby Jones) arrives at the Berberian film studio in Italy to work on what he believes is a film about horses. During a surreal meeting with Francesco, the film's producer, Gilderoy is shocked to find the film is actually an Italian giallo film, The Equestrian Vortex. He nonetheless begins work in the studio, at one point made to do Foley work, using vegetables to create sound effects for the film's increasingly gory torture sequences, and mixing voiceovers from session artists, Silvia and Claudia, into the score.
Sinister (2012)
, 1h50Directed by Scott Derrickson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Films about children, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television
Actors Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone, Clare Foley, Blake Mizrahi
The film opens with Super 8 footage depicting a family of four standing beneath a tree with sacks over their heads and nooses around their necks. An unseen figure saws through a branch acting as a counterweight, causing their deaths by hanging.
Suspension of Disbelief (2012)
Directed by Mike Figgis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Themes Films about films, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors Sebastien Koch, Emilia Fox, Eoin Macken, Lotte Verbeek, Rebecca Night, Frances de la Tour
Un scénariste (Koch) est obsédé par la mort d'une jeune femme (Verbeek)…
Hitchcock (2012)
, 1h38Directed by Sacha Gervasi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about films, Serial killer films, Children's films
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette, Danny Huston, Jessica Biel
In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock opens his latest film, North by Northwest, to considerable success, but is troubled by a reporter's insinuation that it is time to retire. Seeking to reclaim the artistic daring of his youth, Hitchcock turns down film proposals like adapting Casino Royale in favor of a horror novel called Psycho by Robert Bloch, which is based on the crimes of murderer Ed Gein. Gein appears in sequences throughout the film in which he seems to prompt Hitchcock's imagination regarding the Psycho story, or act as some function of Hitchcock's subconscious mind (for instance, drawing Hitchcock's attention to sand on his bathroom floor, the quantity of which reveals how much time his wife Alma has been spending at the beachhouse with Whitfield Cook).
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
, 1h50Directed by Martin McDonagh
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about animals, Films about films, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about dogs, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish
Marty Faranan (Farrell) is a struggling writer in Los Angeles, California who dreams of finishing his screenplay, Seven Psychopaths. Marty's best friend, Billy Bickle (Rockwell), is an unemployed actor who makes a living by kidnapping dogs and collecting the owners' cash rewards for their safe return. His partner-in-crime is Hans Kieslowski (Walken), a religious man with a cancer-stricken wife, Myra. Billy helps Marty with Seven Psychopaths, suggesting he use the "Jack of Diamonds" killer, perpetrator of a recent double murder, as one of the seven "psychopaths" in his script. Marty writes a story for another psychopath, the "Quaker", who stalks his daughter's killer for decades, driving the killer to suicide and ultimately cutting his own throat to follow him to hell.
Cinema Company (2012)
, 2h32Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about films
Actors Sanjeev, Lalu Alex, Baburaj, Sanam Shetty, Sruthi Hariharan, Swasika
As Paul Cheriyan (Basil) prepares to leave for his office, he sees several people coming into his building. He asks a watchman about it, and learns that a boy has died in an accident, to which his friends bore witness. Paul goes to where the dead boy's friends are mourning and cursing themselves, and then returns to his apartment, where he starts thinking about his own friends and where they might be now.
, 1h35Themes Films set in Africa, Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Documentary films about films
I Am Bruce Lee (2012)
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Bruce Lee, Linda Lee Cadwell, Shannon Lee, Dan Inosanto, Diana Lee Inosanto, Gina Carano
Le réalisateur retrace les grands moments de la carrière de la légende des arts martiaux. Né dans le quartier de Chinatown, à San Francisco, Bruce Lee a grandi à Hong Kong. Acteur, réalisateur et producteur, Bruce Lee a révolutionné le cinéma d'action en imposant un nouveau genre : le cinéma kung-fu. Composé d'extraits de sa filmographie, de témoignages de ses proches, dont sa veuve, Linda Lee Cadwell, d'experts en arts martiaux et de boxeurs, tel Manny Pacquiao, ce documentaire se veut un hommage à la star du kung-fu disparue en 1973.
Josettante Hero (2012)
Genres Drama
Themes Films about films
Actors Ashokan, Anoop Menon, Sneha, Shivaji Guruvayoor, Sudheesh, Vijayaraghavan
The film tells a story with movie-making as the backdrop. Vijayaraghavan appear as the title character of Josettan, who is a senior film producer. Anoop Menon comes up as Saajan Malyath, the still photographer of the movie who is accidentally selected to become the hero of the new movie on production.
Matinee (2012)
, 1h54Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about films
Actors Maqbool Salmaan, Mythili Balachandran, Lena, Thalaivaasal Vijay, Valsala Menon, Sasi Kalinga
The plot of this film revolves around two people who come from different backgrounds but are united by fate. Najeeb (Maqbool Salmaan) is a youngster from an orthodox background who wishes to be a film star while Savithri (Mythili) is a motherless girl from an economically backward family who lands up in the film industry to escape her abusive father (Sasi Kalinga). The duo get a chance to be the lead pair in a film that appears to be an ordinary love story but turns out to be a sleaze-fest when it releases. The pair, subsequently, is ostracised from society.